Quentin Atkinson
Shaun Hendy and Quentin Atkinson - Grounded for climate change
Criticism is piling up for politicians and climate change scientists for the carbon emissions they use flying to conferences. In 2017, two Auckland University professors made the decision not to fly… Audio
History vs science vs religion
Scientist Quentin Atkinson has looked at how the structure of Pacific societies determined how quickly they converted to Christianity - but an historian is not so sure of his conclusions. Audio
Our Changing World for 13 September 2018
A scientist and a historian debate the role of science in determining how quickly different Pacific societies converted to Christianity in historic times. Audio
How Christianity spread rapidly across the Pacific.
Christianity's spread across the Pacific was enforced from the top-down, rather than spreading through some kind of social movement. Audio
How Christianity spread rapidly across the Pacific
Christianity's spread across the Pacific was enforced from the top-down, rather than spreading through some kind of social movement. Audio
Evidence of ritual human sacrifice in early New Zealand
New research has uncovered the role ritual human sacrifice has played in the evolution of modern New Zealand Audio
Feature Guest - Quentin Atkinson
A senior lecturer in the school of psychology at Auckland University, whose research focuses on human evolution and cooperation. This includes the evolution of language, religion, large-scale… Audio
Evolution of Social Behaviour
Evolutionary psychologist Quentin Atkinson argues that group living allowed our primate ancestors to be active during the day Audio
Mother of all languages
A New Zealand biologist has caused a worldwide sensation with his claims that he has discovered the origin of human language. Dr Quentin Atkinson is a post doctoral researcher at Auckland University… Audio